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Movement is still too slow on fertiliser price cuts

THE downward pressure on fertiliser prices is continuing after drops of €40 to €60 a tonne at different outlets last ...

Silent mower can cover area of four pitches with a minimal labour input

SPORTS clubs and other commercial facilities with larger grass areas to maintain have been invited to attend a Husqva...

Pressure grows to prevent payment hold-ups

THE IFA is seeking an urgent meeting with Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, over Department proposals to...

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Build up fodder for the feeding season of winter 23/24

IT might only be the spring of ’23 . . . but already Teagasc are advising farmers to plan for the replenishing of fodder supplies. A very diffic...

Farming

Milk prices take a 4c/l March cut as farmers feel pinch

FURTHER cuts of four cents per litre in the March milk price - confirmed by Arrabawn this week - will bring margins for dairy farmers down close to...

Farming

Top journal outlines key role of beef in quest to feed the world

A LEADING scientific journal has warned that livestock farming systems ‘are too precious’ to become victims of what it describes as proposed ‘simpl...

Farming

Brexit cash should be accessed for sheep aid funds

THE Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, has been called upon this week to ‘dip into’ the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) to put some kin...

Farming

Recycle electrical waste – for free

FARMERS and householders in the north-east Galway area have been advised of special recycling days that are taking place over the coming weeks. ...

Farming

Irish dairy farmers are dedicated to the environmental wellbeing of their farms

Dairy farming has been taking place in Ireland for 6,000 years. Our climate is ideal for the grass that our cows turn into nutritious milk. Iris...


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